Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.
1. Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?
2. This passage mainly discusses ______.
3. Tea became a popular drink in Britain ______.
4. People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because ______.
5. We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of ______.
问题1选项
A.The Britons got expensive tea from India.
B.Tea reached Britain from Holland.
C.The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.
D.It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.
问题2选项
A.the history of tea drinking in Britain
B.how tea became a popular drink in Britain
C.how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D.how tea-time was born
问题3选项
A.in eighteenth century
B.in sixteenth century
C.in seventeenth century
D.in the late seventeenth century
问题4选项
A.it tasted like milk
B.it tasted more pleasant
C.it became a popular drink
D.people tried to copy the way Madame de Sevigne drank tea
问题5选项
A.a famous French lady
B.the ancient Chinese
C.the upper social class
D.people in Holland
第1题:B
第2题:A
第3题:C
第4题:D
第5题:A
第1题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain? 关于茶传入英国，下列哪项是正确的？
A. The Britons got expensive tea from India. A. 英国人从印度得到昂贵的茶叶。
B. Tea reached Britain from Holland. B. 茶从荷兰传到英国。
C. The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea. C. 英国人是欧洲最早喝茶的人。
D. It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea. D. 直到17世纪，英国人才有了茶。
【答案】B
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据第一段第三句“茶叶在商店里买不到，甚至那些买得起的人也是从荷兰寄过来，只是因为这是一件时髦的珍品。”由此可知，茶叶是从荷兰进入英国的，所以选项B正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“英国人从印度得到昂贵的茶叶”可定位到第二段“在17世纪早期，东印度公司的船只开始从中国直接将茶叶运来之前，茶叶在英国一直既稀缺又昂贵”，也就是说英国人从东印度公司得到的茶叶比之前的便宜，故选项A不符合原文，属于曲解原文；
C选项“英国人是欧洲最早喝茶的人”原文没有提及，属于无中生有；
D选项“直到17世纪，英国人才有了茶”可根据时间定位到第二段，主要讲了17世纪早期，东印度公司的船从中国直接运来茶叶后，英国人才能买到便宜的茶叶。而在此之前英国的茶叶既稀缺又昂贵，但并不是说英国一直没有茶叶。由此可知，选项D不符合原文，属于曲解原文。
第2题:
【选项释义】
This passage mainly discusses_______. 这篇文章主要讨论_______。
A. the history of tea drinking in Britain A. 英国人饮茶的历史
B. how tea became a popular drink in Britain B. 在英国，茶是如何成为一种受欢迎的饮料的
C. how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea C. 英国人是如何养成喝茶的习惯的
D. how tea-time was born D. 茶点时间是如何产生的
【答案】A
【考查点】主旨大意题。
【解题思路】结合全文内容可知，本文前半部分讨论了英国人对茶的引进和认识，后半部分讲到了英国人对茶的喜爱，所以总的来说，这篇文章主要是讨论了英国人喝茶的历史。故选项A正确。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“在英国，茶是如何成为一种受欢迎的饮料的”，原文虽有提及英国人越来越喜欢茶，但并没有清楚交代它如何成为一种受欢迎的饮料的，属于无中生有；
C选项“英国人是如何养成喝茶的习惯的”主要是讲英国人喝茶加奶的习惯，可定位到第三段，不能囊括全文，属于以偏概全；
D选项“茶点时间是如何产生的”只概括了文章最后一段的内容，不能囊括全文，属于以偏概全。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Tea became a popular drink in Britain _______. _______，茶在英国成了一种流行的饮料。
A. in eighteenth century A. 在十八世纪
B. in sixteenth century B. 在十六世纪
C. in seventeenth century C. 在十七世纪
D. in the late seventeenth century D. 在十七世纪晚期
【答案】C
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据第三段首句“与此同时，欧洲大陆上的人们越来越喜欢茶”，这里“At the same time”指上一段提及的“During the next few years（在接下来的几年里）”，再根据前一句提及的时间“early in the seventeenth century（17世纪早期）”可知，选项C正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“在十八世纪”，B选项“在十六世纪”，D选项“在十七世纪晚期”三个选项在文中没有提及，属于无中生有。
第4题:
【选项释义】
People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because _______. 欧洲人开始喝茶加牛奶是因为_______。
A. it tasted like milk A. 它尝起来像牛奶
B. it tasted more pleasant B. 它尝起来味道更好
C. it became a popular drink C. 它成为了一种受欢迎的饮料
D. people tried to copy the way Madame de Sevigne drank tea D. 人们尝试模仿Madame de Sevigne的喝茶方式
【答案】D
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干信息，可以定位到第三段最后两句“因为她是如此伟大的一位女士，她的朋友们认为他们必须模仿她做的每件事，所以他们喝茶的时候也加牛奶。慢慢地，这个习惯传到了英国……。”由此可知，欧洲人之所以喝加了牛奶的茶，是模仿Madame de Sevigne喝茶的方式，选项D正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“它尝起来像牛奶”原文没有提及，属于无中生有；
B选项“它尝起来味道更好”可定位到第三段“她觉得味道非常好，没有牛奶她就再也不喝了。”由此可知，选项B讲的是Madame de Sevigne喝茶加奶的原因，而不是欧洲人开始喝茶加奶的原因，属于张冠李戴；
C选项“它成为了一种受欢迎的饮料”可定位到第三段“与此同时，欧洲大陆上的人们越来越喜欢茶”，此时的茶还没有加奶，所以这并不是欧洲人开始喝茶加奶的原因，属于出处错位。
第5题:
【选项释义】
We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of _______. 从这篇文章中我们可以推断，英国人喝茶的习惯主要是由于受_______影响。
A. a famous French lady A. 一位著名的法国女士
B. the ancient Chinese B. 古代中国人
C. the upper social class C. 上层社会
D. people in Holland D. 荷兰人
【答案】A
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干信息，我们可以定位到第三段“因为她是如此伟大的一位女士，她的朋友们认为他们必须模仿她做的每件事，所以他们喝茶的时候也加牛奶。慢慢地，这个习惯传到了英国……。”由此可知，英国人喝茶的习惯主要是受到一位法国夫人的影响，故选项A正确。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“古代中国人”原文首段有提及，说的是欧洲人听说茶之前，喝茶在中国已经流行了近一千年，由此并不能推出英国人喝茶的习惯受到古代中国人的影响，属于推理过度；
C选项“上层社会”原文没有提及，属于无中生有；
D选项“荷兰人”在首段有涉及，说的是茶从荷兰传到英国，由此不能推出英国人的喝茶习惯受到荷兰人影响，属于推理过度。
